* A number of {{Muppet}}s are actually the same puppet with different clothes, hair, and other accessories. The Creature Shop calls them "Anything Muppets." ''Series/SesameStreet'' fans reading this will probably not be surprised to learn that the characters Prairie Dawn and Betty Lou, for example, are the same puppet, plus Zoe and Rosita.

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* A number of {{Muppet}}s are actually the same puppet with different clothes, hair, and other accessories. The [[Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop Creature Shop Shop]] calls them "Anything Muppets." ''Series/SesameStreet'' fans reading this will probably not be surprised to learn that the characters Prairie Dawn and Betty Lou, for example, are the same puppet, plus Zoe and Rosita.

** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes'': The Marvel secret characters are different palette swaps of the Hulk (gives him his ''Marvel Super Heroes'' movelist and properties), War Machine (has incredible defense and armor, now fires missiles instead of lasers) and Venom (becomes the fastest and weakest character in the game), while the Capcom side has Shadow Lady (a [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticized]] [[ReforgedIntoAMinion and brainwashed]] Chun-Li transformed into a cyborg ala Shadow), [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lilith-Mode Morrigan]] (Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and properties) and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Roll]] (a JokeCharacter who has Mega Man's movelist).

* The character running sprite from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' Special Stage is the same no matter if you're playing as Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles when locked-on to ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]''. Only the head (and Tails' titular appendages) are changed - the body is palette swapped.* ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' has the Egg-robo, a palette swap of Dr. Robotnik for Knuckles's story. The head and the hands are changed, but the body and animations remain the same. However, due to an oversight from the developers, Dr. Robotnik's sprite in the 2nd act of Flying Battery Zone remains unchanged due to it being a unique sprite instead of being the usual sprite used in every Robotnik fight.

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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''** The character running sprite from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' Special Stage is the same no matter if you're playing as Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles when locked-on to ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]''. Only the head (and Tails' titular appendages) are changed - the body is palette swapped.* ** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' has the Egg-robo, a palette swap of Dr. Robotnik for Knuckles's story. The head and the hands are changed, but the body and animations remain the same. However, due to an oversight from the developers, Dr. Robotnik's sprite in the 2nd act of Flying Battery Zone remains unchanged due to it being a unique sprite instead of being the usual sprite used in every Robotnik fight.fight.** Mephiles from ''Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is a demonic creature that has taken the likeness of Shadow. The only difference between them is that - unlike Shadow - Mephiles lacks a mouth and while Shadow has red stripes and cufflinks, Mephiles has green-ish grey ones.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the monsters come in red, blue, black, and silver (with the DLC adding gold) and get progressively stronger along that spectrum, with their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes also getting progressively redder]].

** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' expands on this as Premium Skins and gave more characters alternate skins with the same moveset but different everything else. It includes both different identities for the same superhero (Ex. Jay Garrick version of The Flash) and characters with very similar themes (Ex. Mr. Freeze for Commander Cold).

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** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' expands on this as Premium Skins and gave more characters alternate skins with the same moveset but different everything else. It includes both different identities for the same superhero (Ex. Jay Garrick version of skin for The Flash) and characters with very similar themes (Ex. Mr. Freeze skin for Commander Cold).

** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' expands on this as Premium Skins and gave more characters alternate skins with the same moveset but different everything else. It includes both different identities for the same superhero (Ex. Jay Garrick version of The Flash) and characters with very similar themes (Ex. Mr. Freeze for Commander Cold).

** However, the most popular examples of palette swaps in the series are shiny Pokemon, an extremely rare variant from the Pokemon's normal colors. The colors themselves range from being only slightly lighter or slightly darker then the original, to very dramatic examples, but due to the fact that they're incredibly rare (roughly a 1 in 8192 chance without modifications...), they're highly prized by collectors. Even so, they're functionally no different then regularly colored Pokemon.

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** However, the most popular examples of palette swaps in the series are shiny Pokemon, an extremely rare variant from the Pokemon's normal colors. The colors themselves range from being only slightly lighter or slightly darker then the original, to very dramatic examples, but due to the fact that they're incredibly rare (roughly a 1 in 8192 chance without modifications...modifications, 1 in 4096 in X and Y and onward...), they're highly prized by collectors. Even so, they're functionally no different then regularly colored Pokemon. Can also function as Metal Slimes if the shiny is one that gives tons of EXP when caught or killed, such as Audino or Chansey.

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